Computational Linguistics
Computational Linguistics
Computational linguistics combines the study of human language, its sounds, words, sentences and meaning, with computer science. It teaches you to program computers to process and analyse large amounts of language data.
New and emerging fieldsWhat do graduates do?
- Natural language processing roles
- Machine translation
- Developing grammar checkers
- Information retrieval software
- Graduate study
First year and core courses
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Examples of schools where you can study this subject
2 schools in 2 countries. Programmes were checked on the schools’ own websites. These are only examples; every country has many more options. We choose the schools that fit your budget, documents and goals together.
USA
Boston UniversityLinguistics & Computer Science BA · Boston
Netherlands
University of GroningenInformation Science · GroningenWhat to know, country by country
For each country where you can study this subject: an example tuition fee and the next step in the timeline. You can find the details in our country guides.
- 7 November 2026
SAT exam (next date 5 December 2026). Whether a school asks for a test varies by school
- 1 December 2026
Early round deadline for University Colleges (AUC, LUC, UCU)
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Last checked: November 2026.
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